Postby Lydia666 » Tue May 15, 2018 9:27 pm
Just wanted to say that my 3 yr anniversary is around the corner and I am still here and doing ok. I just wanted to check in because survivors' stories kept me alive 3 years ago. I have found out since that i have a faulty gene , a rare one, called chek2, which basically leaves me less protected against cancer than those without the mutation. I have to be monitored for life but, as far as the colorectal cancer from 3 years ago, things seem to be ok, at least for now. We all know that the next doctor's appointment could bring bad news, but at least for now, my life is somewhat back to normal.
Oct 2012- thyroid cancer
June 19, 2015 Dx@39 yrs- CRC-T3N1M0
No vascular, no perineural invasion
Aug-Sept 2015- 28 rad/5FU
Oct 28, 2015- LAR- temp ileo, neg. nodes- 0/11
March 2016- 6 rounds Xeloda/positive CHEK2 mutation
August 2016- DCIS and decided post prophylactic double mastectomy
May 2018 - clean CT
Sept 2018-clean scope
Devastation, total shock- oct 2018, invasion of peri mets
Dec 20 - 2 round of folfox
Mom to 4 & 7 yrs kids - at least i brought them to this level of independence.